Ever get that feeling? The one where you hear something—whether it’s a person talking, a musician playing, or whatever—and something about what was said, sung, picked, or strummed clues into some latent cortical context. Snap-crackle-pop go the neurons, and off you are, singing along to some old pop tune that was inadvertently dredged up from the d ... Continue Reading

You may or may not be familiar with this (former?) Carbonas' member's solo project. If you missed out on Gentleman Jesse's debut single then you seriously effed up. No shit. Seriously. Easily the best powerpop single of 2007 (technically 2006 since it came out in December of that year, but screw it, it doesn't matter, best powerpop single of the la ... Continue Reading

If you are unfamiliar with Illinois' best power-pop-punkers (and probably the world's second best, behind the Ergs, of course) then you've missed out on three fantastic full-lengths and a couple great EPs. The prolific Copyrights bring us their fourth album less than a year since they dropped their previous one, Make Sound, also on Red Scare Record ... Continue Reading

Burbis is one of the few bands i have managed to keep in semi-steady rotation over the last five years or so. Explosions in the Sky flitted through and Neutral Milk Hotel stopped in for an extended stay, but neither had the humor to combine with the passions at play. For a long time, though, I only had a couple of songs to enjoy - "I left my heart ... Continue Reading

It was Saturday, July 5th, A cookout. I had been drinking martinis for breakfast When you invited me to get high. I could see, then, A glimpse of the future In which we were cleft, Walls between us, Intimacy lost. After these years, really, Is she my censor? Is she Worth this dissolution? ... Continue Reading